Copy-holder



y (No Model.)

E. P. RIGHARDSGN.

COPY HOLDER.

No. 538,350. 5 Patented Apr. 30, 1895.

WITNEESES INVENTDR,

STATES PATENT Fries.

COPY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming* parl; Of Letters Patent N0. 538,350, dated April30, 1895.

Application filed March 22, 1894. Serial No. 504,735. (No model.)

To LZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EVERETT P. RICHARD- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and usefulCopy-Holder, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My improvement relates to copy holders for the use of type writers, typesetters, or others, and. the object is to provide one which will allowthe copy, whether book or manuscript, to be readily inserted, andafterward moved forward quickly and with slight effort.

My improvement consists in devices for supporting and holding the copyand a spring plate, supporting and clamping it against a fixedoverhanging linger or bar, which also serves as a marker, or lineindicator.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan.

A frame A, suited to the particular use for which the holder is intendedhas attached to its front end (or it maybe at one side) at anyvconvenient angle a yielding` spring plate B. It is preferably a singlepiece of sheet steel, attached by the screws a, a, and by which theamount of stress is adjusted. Fixed also to the frame A and extendingover the plate B, is a retaining finger or bar C, of any desirablelength held by the set screw b.

The finger can be changed from one side to the other, making the holderright or left handed as desired.

In use, the paper or book is laid upon the plate, near the finger or barand then suffi.- ciently depressed to slide under the same.

It can then be advanced from time to time as desired, by a slightpressure and forward movement of the hand.

The holder as here shown is designed to rest on a desk or table and isprovided with rubber feet to prevent its being thrust forward as thepaper is moved. By slight changes in the supporting frame it can beattached to typewriters, printers cases, &c.

I claimg 1. In a copy holder, a yielding supporting plate, and a Iixedretaining and line indicating bar, both attached to a common base orframe, the yielding plate being attached thereto at one of its ends,preferably in the adjustable manner shown, and the bar, against whichtheplate presses the copy, being attached rigidly to the side of saidbase, extending outwardly, upwardly, and returning-to, and overlying theplate at a point between its ends, leaving a space for the passage ofcopy, wider than the plate, substantially as shown.

2. In a copy holder, a yielding supporting plate and a fixed retainingbar, both attached to a common base or frame, the yielding plate beingattached thereto at one of its edges, and the bar against which theplate presses the copy being attached rigidly to the base and extendingupon the plate from its side to overlie it ata point between its ends,substantially as shown.

EVERETT l?. RICHARDSON. Witnesses:

EDUARD C. RICHARDSON, J. H. RICHARDSON.

